February, 2017 | Going Postal

The Sun

28th February 2017 rattuscatchus 0

Ask anybody about the workings of the Sun and some will say that it relies on nuclear fusion for its energy output and there will be nods of agreement and then the conversation will turn [more…]

Off Grid Living, 1945 to 1953

21st February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I lived for the first seven years of my life in a hamlet on the western fringe of Salisbury Plain. At about six hundred and sixty feet above sea level it was a fairly bleak [more…]

Foraging for food in the Fifties

11th February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]

A Happy Wankpuffin Birthday to Going Postal

6th February 2017 Going Postal 0

Those Damn Nazis Again

15th October 2018 0

Once again it seems we are back to labelling everyone and anything as far-right. It’s a repeating theme and I feel as though I am bashing my head against a metaphorical brick wall. Again, we [more...]
Going Postal with Question Time

24th October 2019 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leicester. On the panel are: Norman Lamont, former chancellor of the exchequer 1990-93, and a Conservative peer since 1998; Richard [more...]
Globalism v. Nationalism Part 8: Judges

25th September 2019 0

“In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25 Once again, this piece is probably threatened with being overtaken by events, such is the fast-moving pace of the political scene at present. Last [more...]
Postcard from Sirhowy Valley Country Park

5th March 2018 0

This is another of my favourite places to walk. (In a previous post I covered Llwyn-on.) A quick jaunt from Cardiff eastbound on the M4 to junction 28 then up the A467 will bring you [more...]
Reform & Real Reform

16th July 2020 0

Those of us struggling to get a grip on Chancellor Sunak’s latest relief-measures should note the terminology. He seeks to revive the Covid-stricken economy with a series of tax “giveaways”. When anyone in government talks [more...]